Results for 'ona'
ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession
Ōna, pron. 3rd pers. sing., na, with prep. o prefixed. 1. Of him, of her. Katahi taua kuia ka whiu i tana maripi mura, ka piupiua ki tahi taha ona, ki tahi taha ona.
2. Plural of definitive tona. His, her. [For the difference between ana and ona ‖ a (ii), o (iii).]
Williams Dictionary
Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara ōna waka i a Aotea, i a Tākitimu, i a Mataaua.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataaua are not his canoes.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te tango a Makere i ōna hū.
Maggie is removing her shoes.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E whakakākahuana ia i a ia anō ki ōna kākahu tino pai.
He's getting himself dressed in his best clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua whakatika ia i ōna makawe.
He's straightened his hair.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua rima ōna tau.
She has reached five years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me taitai te tama i ōna niho.
The boy should brush his teeth
Simple sentences: you should - me
Nō Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.
Belonging to a place - nō
Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Homai ōna kākahu.
Give me his clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Kei waenganui te kōtiro i ōna mātua.
The girl is between her parents.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te tangohia ōna hū e Makere.
Her shoes are being removed by Makere.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whāngaihia ia e ōna kaumātua.
She was adopted her grandparents.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka taea e Hamiora ōna hū te here?
Can Hamiora tie his shoes?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Korekau ōna painga.
It has got no redeeming features whatsoever.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...
I te mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Hēmi ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Hēmi attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka mutu ōna tohu, ka noho ki raro.
When his instructions were ended, he sat down.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He kahurangi ōna karu.
Her eyes are blue.
Categorizing sentences - he
He nui ōna ringaringa.
He has big hands.
Categorizing sentences - he
He poto ōna makawe.
His hair is short.
Categorizing sentences - he
He kārikihāura ōna karu.
Her eyes are hazel.
Categorizing sentences - he
He kōura ōna karu.
Her eyes are gold.
Categorizing sentences - he
Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore ōna tuākana.
She doesn't have any older siblings.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
He aha te tae o ōna karu?
What colour are her eyes?
What? - He aha?
Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Ehara rānei a Paerau i te tuakana ōna?
Is not Paerau an elder brother of his?
Koia i mā ai te hau e whakahāngia nei e te tangata i ēnei rā.
Koia hoki i tika ai te noho o te mahana, o te makariri i ōna wā anō o te tau e tika ana.
Ka kite ai koe, e tama, kei tēnā iwi ōna taniwha, kei tēnā ōna taniwha.
Therefore you can see, son, that each iwi has its own taniwha.
= Hoatu ēna hū ki te tangata kāhore ōna.
We had best teach the children who do not know the Māori language.
Kua ora haere mai anō ōna mātua
His parents have got better than they were, are getting better
Waha ana e ia ki tō rāua whare, ka horoia ōna patunga.
She carried him to their home and bathed his wounds.
Kua haere a Manu ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.
Manu has gone to get her clothes.
Kua ora mai anō ōna mātua.
His parents have got well again.
I a ia e haere atu ana, ka kitea mai e ōna tuākana.
As he was going, he was seen by his older brothers.
Kāore e taea e Ari ōna hū te here.
Ari can't tie his shoes.
= Ehara rānei a Paerau i te tuakana ōna?
Will you not both fall together into the water?
He roa ōna makawe.
Her hair is long.
E 86 ōna tau.
He is 86 years.
He parāone ōna karu.
Her eyes are brown.
Kāore ōna waka.
She doesn't have a car.
Ōna tau e toru tekau.
She is thirty years old.
Koirā tētahi o ōna āhuatanga pai.
That's one of his good characteristics.
He roa ōna makawe
Her hair is long.
Ka hiahia ia kia noho ōna hoa.
He wished that his friends would stay.
I haere ōna mātua i ia tau, i ia tau ki Hiruharama ..
His parents went to Jerusalem every year .. (Luke 2:41)
I ōna haerenga katoa i ngā pō ki te hi tuna, ka haere anō au hai hoa mōna (Pōtatau 1991:14)
Whenever she went at night to catch eels, I went along as well as a companion for her.
Kāore ōna hoa
He has no friends
Wero atu ai te wahine rā ki ōna ngutu.
That woman always speared with her lips.
mōna rā te oriori rā, ko wai ia, ko wai ōna tīpuna.
In the past, it was usually these songs which showed the child for whom the song was composed who he was and who were his ancestors.
He kiwikiwi ōna karu.
Her eyes are grey.
He rawe ki a au ōna tukemata.
I really like her eyebrows.
E toru tekau mā tahi ōna tau.
She is thirty-one years old.
Ko Aotea, ko Tākitimu, ko Mataatua ōna waka.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataatua are his canoes.
He pango, he kikorangi hoki ōna tōkena.
Her socks are black and blue.
He whero ōna hu.
Her shoes are red.
Kāore ōna hoa.
He or she has no friends.
He roa, he koromikomiko hoki ōna makawe.
Her hair is long and curly.
Kāore i whai raihana te motokā, nā te mea, kāore ōna wira!
The car didn’t get a warrant because it has no wheels!
Kāore i roa ka mauru tōna riri, ka hoki ia ki rō whare ki te whakapāha ki ōna hoa.
Before long his anger subsided, and he went back inside to apologise to his mates.
Kei te horoi ia i ōna kākahu
She is washing her clothes
Kāo, kāhore ōna motukā
No, he does not have a car
Kua ngaro ōna hū.
His shoes have disappeared.
Kāore i whai raihana te motokā, nā te mea kāore ōna wira!
The car didn’t get a warrant because it has no wheels!
Me ona kie ia rā ia rā
You should run every day
He mingimingi ōna makawe.
Her hair is curly.
He māwhai ōna makawe.
His hair is wavy.
Kei te horoi a Mere i ōna ringaringa.
Mere is washing her hands.
He tokokaka ōna makawe.
Her hair is straight.
He taratara ōna makawe.
His hair is spiky.
He kōrinorino ōna makawe.
She has dreadlocks.
He hewa ōna makawe.
He is bald.
Tokowhā ōna teina.
He has four younger brothers.
He kākāriki ōna karu.
His eyes are green.
Kei waho i te kūaha ōna hū.
His shoes are outside the door.
He hū karaka ōna!
He has some orange shoes!
Ka mea a Tāne kia haere ki te tiro atu ki ōna tuākana e noho ana i runga o ngā rangi.
Tāne decided that he would go to see his older brothers who were living above the heavens.
Kei waho i te kēti te ope o te Kuīni, arā o Te Atairangikaahu rātou ko ōna hoa rangatira.
The party of Queen Te Atairangikaahu and her chiefly supporters is outside the gate.
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare.
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications.
He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.
He urukehu ōna makawe.
Her hair is blonde.
He kōura ōna makawe.
Her hair is gold.
Ko ōna tuāhine
His sisters are the organisers.
Ka riri ana te tangata rā, ka tetee ōna niho.
When that man gets angry he grinds his teeth.
Nā te mahana ka rere anō ōna toto.
Because of the heat, his blood began to flow again.
Kia ora, kia ora! He kamupene hāpai i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Thank you, thank you! It is a company that elevates the language and its customs.
He mate kino i pā ohorere ki ōna roro, nō hea e taea te whakaora.
A serious condition struck her brain without warning, and there was no hope of saving her.
He aha te kara o ōna tōkena?
What is the colour of his socks?
He kōwhai te kara o ōna tōkena.
The colour of his socks is yellow.
Tokomaha ōna hoa.
He has many friends.
Ki a Hōne me ōna hoa
To Hōne and his friends
I ōna wā he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.
ōna tīhāte
her t-shirts
ōna kopi
his nappies
Nā ka haere, ka tākai i ōna patunga, ringihia ki te hinu, ki te waina, ka whakanoho i a ia ki tōna ake kararehe —
And so, he proceeded, and bandaged his wounds, flushed them with oil, and with wine, and sat him on his own beast —
ōna waka
his cars
whakamaua ōna tarau
put on his pants
He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.
Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.
Ka auē ōna tuākana i te mataku.
His elder brothers cried out in fear.
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, (so that it looks) as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications
Korekau ōna painga.
It’s got no redeeming features whatsoever.
Kāore ia i te kimihia e ōna hoa.
His friends aren’t/weren’t looking for him.
Kā tae mai ki a ia te hiahia kia kite i ōna tuākana.
The desire to see his older brothers came to him.
Kei hea ōna tōkena?
Where are his socks?
He motukā ōna.
He has cars.
Kāhore ōna motukā
He does not own (have) a car
Ka tipu haere te pēpi nei ā, ka hikitia e ōna mātua, ka waiatatia, ka mirimiria, ka romiromia, ka poipoia, ka whāngaia ki te waiū o ngā atua kia tipu ai hei tangata.
This baby grew and grew and his parents cuddled him, sang to him, stroked him, massaged him and cradled him to and fro. He was fed the milk of the gods so that he would grow up to be a fine man.
Kātahi ia ka piko iho wete ai i te here o ōna hū.
Then he stooped down and untied the laces of his shoes.
Ka mutu ana te karakia a Tāwhaki ka rarapa mai te uira i ōna kēkē.
from his(pl) armpit Whenever he ended a prayer lightening flashed from his armpits.
